Pierre Baldi to receive 2027 IEEE CIS Neural Networks Pioneer Award

Pierre Baldi, Distinguished Professor of computer science at UC Irvine's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, will receive the 2027 IEEE CIS Neural Networks Pioneer Award from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. The award recognizes significant contributions to early concepts and sustained developments in the field of neural networks.

IEEE CIS Neural Networks Pioneer Award winners are selected for their contributions to the advancement of theory, technologies and/or applications of neural networks by inventing new technologies, creating innovative technical developments, implementing new products, or managing innovative product design or production processes.

Baldi is also the director of UC Irvine's AI in Science Institute. His research focuses on the foundations of AI and neural networks and their applications in the natural sciences, particularly in physics, chemistry and biomedicine. The award includes $5,000, a plaque and travel support for two to attend either the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks or the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence.